GBS
Deputy Managing Director
London
£80k – £90k/yr
Posted about 16 hours ago
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Deputy Managing Director
Business Function/ Sub-Function: MD Office
Location: Greenford, West London
Salary: £80-90k
Role and Responsibilities:
- Work with the Managing Director and senior colleagues to deliver our corporate strategy, exercising overall responsibility for the achievement of specific strategic priorities and associated actions as directed by the Managing Director.
- Ensure the provision of high quality and innovative projects delivery, analytical tools that respond to the challenging demands, needs and aspirations of students and staff.
- Provide leadership and strategic direction key functions. Working closely with colleagues from across GBS to ensure these functions are effective and robust and equipped to respond to our ambitious plans for growth over the next five years.
- Ensure that our portfolio is fit for purpose and well-maintained via internal audit
- Ensure the project management office delivers key initiatives, making significant impact.
- Lead the internal audit team to identify key risk areas and lead with action plans.
- Responsible for delivering an outstanding student experience, working with colleagues across GBS to ensure an integrated approach to support our students.
- Ensure that statutory compliance and accountability requirements are achieved in relation internal and external audit.
- Take overall responsibility for building a team of strong, confident, and capable departmental leaders within their areas of accountability.
- Work proactively to ensure a culture of openness, shared responsibility, and collaboration.
- Take on tasks commensurate with the seniority of the role as directed by the Managing Director and represent GBS externally as required.
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Essential Skills and Experience:
- Significant senior leadership experience within a complex organisation, with responsibility for multiple operational and strategic functions.
- Proven experience supporting executive leadership in delivering corporate strategy and organisational growth.
- Demonstrable track record of leading large, cross-functional teams, including PMO, Internal Audit and Continuous Improvement functions.
- Strong strategic planning capability with experience translating strategy into operational delivery plans and measurable outcomes.
- Experience driving organisational expansion, transformation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Proven ability to enhance and deliver an outstanding customer or student experience across multiple service areas.
- Experience in delivering IT infrastructure and information systems projects, ensuring secure, innovative and fit-for-purpose technology solutions.
- Strong financial acumen with experience managing budgets and ensuring cost-effective resource allocation.
- Experience leading internal audit, risk management, and ensuring statutory and regulatory compliance.
- Strong data literacy with the ability to use analytics and performance reporting to inform executive decision-making.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills with experience representing an organisation externally at a senior level.
- Demonstrated ability to build high-performing leadership teams and foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and openness.
- Strong project governance experience, including oversight of programme management or PMO functions.
- Excellent communication, influencing, and negotiation skills at Board and Senior Executive level.
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- Educated to degree level (Engineering or equivalent professional experience).
What We Offer
- 25 days annual leave, plus 8 public holiday
- 1-day extra leave per year of service, up to a maximum of 5 days
- Workplace pension scheme
- Tuition reimbursement for career development courses
- Flexible Benefits: Cycle to Work, Workplace Nursery, Tech scheme and much more
- Perks@Work discounts platform, wellbeing centre and much more
- Reward and recognition programme
- £500 award employee referral scheme
- Discretionary annual performance bonus
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned.
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Skills
Senior Leadership
Corporate Strategy
Project Management Office (PMO)
Internal Audit
Continuous Improvement
Strategic Planning
Organizational Transformation
Student Experience Management
IT Infrastructure Delivery
Financial Acumen
Risk Management
Statutory Compliance
Data Literacy
Stakeholder Management
Project Governance
Negotiation
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